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Flegt licensing a legality assurance step change
28 December, 2016
Leading independent timber and panel products distributor James Latham is preparing for its first shipment of FLEGT-licensed timber from Indonesia early in 2017. Lathams Ltd chairman and managing director Chris Sutton sees it as a major development and licensed products as a natural complement to its proactive environmental policy

Surprise on the UK forests front
21 November, 2016
UK standards regarding sustainable forest management have been among the best in the world.

Getting To The Root Of Due Diligence
21 November, 2016
The RADIX Tree platform has branched into a one-stop online solution for timber due diligence, sustainable sourcing and traceability management. Mike Jeffree reports

Building a future For American Hardwoods
21 November, 2016
As delegates at AHEC’s European convention heard, new markets are opening for American hardwoods. Sally Spencer reports

Timber All The Way
21 November, 2016
Keith Fryer has built up considerable experience in the timber merchanting world and is also now Timber Trade Federation (TTF) president. Stephen Powney interviewed him

Building Timber’s Profile
21 November, 2016
Timber Expo recently had its second outing as part of UK Construction Week, reports Stephen Powney

Lathams to get first FLEGT licensed timber
14 November, 2016
James Latham is set to take delivery of one of the first shipments of FLEGT-licensed timber products to the EU from Indonesia early in the New Year.

A position of influence
24 October, 2016
Confor’s chief executive Stuart Goodall turned his childhood love of forests and open spaces into a lifetime career. Sally Spencer reports

Taking The Heat
24 October, 2016
Sales of thermally modified timber are increasing and while most product hails from Nordic countries, there are other producers, including one from the UK. Sally Spencer reports

Design on veneers
19 August, 2016
Decospan is on a mission to encourage more architects and specifi ers to use wood veneer. Keren Fallwell reports

Species for all seasons
20 July, 2016
A surge in Douglas fir is on its way in France, and it needs new markets, with the UK seen as a hot prospect. Mike Jeffree reports

A tipping point for cedar shingles?
24 February, 2016
The use of Western red cedar shingles only accounts for about half of one per cent of the total number of installations in the UK’s pitched roofi ng market, according to John Brash & Co Ltd

No records broken but budgets met
24 February, 2016
The UK hardwood sector may be dealing with numerous issues besides buying and selling timber, but reports business as relatively stable through 2015. Mike Jeffree reports

New Year’s resolutions
25 January, 2016
I’m generally not one for making new year’s resolutions. It’s usually just a matter of time before they get broken, followed by a sense of disappointment.

Mining a green seam
25 January, 2016
Julia Young is a passionate environmentalist, but not an ivory tower one, bringing an industry background to her role heading the WWF UK Global Forest Trade Network. Mike Jeffree talked to the former miner and GB rowing medalist about her life, career and love of the great outdoors.

PEFC chain circles the globe
25 January, 2016
The PEFC certification scheme is growing through combining a global and small scale local perspective, reports its UK executive director Alun Watkins.